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Should we move to Utah?

Hello everyone! We are in AZ but would like to move to utah. I've done some extensive research(reading, google, map, school, etc...) and so far I'm a little reluctant to move there. My husband's close friend lives in West Jordan, he recommend South Jordan. But I'm more worry about how my kids are going to be treated. If it matter we are Asian. Utah is beautiful but is it a good place to live?l

We moved to Utah about 2 years ago from Colorado. It is nice. Very family friendly. I wouldn't live anywhere south of SLC though. We lived in West Valley for a short time and it was awful. We live up further north now in Syracuse and it's very nice. We have noticed a bit of trouble though with our kids being allowed to play with the neighborhood kids because we aren't mormon. Not too much...but a little. They don't seem to have any problem at school though. We're moving back to CO next month for DH's job but if that hadn't have happened we probably would have stayed here.

And I guess I should add...I don't know for sure that the parents won't let their kids play over here because we're not mormon...but I have suspicions. For most of the neighbors, it's fine...but there's one or two that won't let their kids come here and won't let our kids go there so they have to play on middle ground in the front yards

I grew up in Utah and now live in Colorado. A lot of the parents are this way with non-LDS, sucks for the kids.

Quoting manamott:

And I guess I should add...I don't know for sure that the parents won't let their kids play over here because we're not mormon...but I have suspicions. For most of the neighbors, it's fine...but there's one or two that won't let their kids come here and won't let our kids go there so they have to play on middle ground in the front yards

Utah is gorgeous! I have no idea if I would want to live there though. It could be a little difficult or different since mostly Mormons live there and own everything. I visited a city before and found this out through my experiences.

There are a lot of Asians here. I say do it! South Jordan is great! I moved from AZ to UT also. We're going to buy a house soon in Sandy.
I bet you've heard a lot of the same stories that I did before I moved. I'll say that most of them are true but it also depends on where you live. I would go any lower than draper or any higher than bountiful.
Other than that, it's an awesome place! (=

We moved to Utah about 2 years ago from Colorado. It is nice. Very family friendly. I wouldn't live anywhere south of SLC though. We lived in West Valley for a short time and it was awful. We live up further north now in Syracuse and it's very nice. We have noticed a bit of trouble though with our kids being allowed to play with the neighborhood kids because we aren't mormon. Not too much...but a little. They don't seem to have any problem at school though. We're moving back to CO next month for DH's job but if that hadn't have happened we probably would have stayed here.

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